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San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich didn’t hold back his thoughts about today’s big men, as the league continues to use small-ball lineups and become more guard-oriented. Gregg  Popovich is extremely well regarded around the NBA, not just for his coaching abilities but also for his hot takes and insights about the state of […]

The San Antonio Spurs are off to a 4-2 start this season. While the team has been known for their unselfish brand of play, head coach Gregg Popovich says that DeMar DeRozan has been San Antonio’s top passer so far. ESPN’s Michael C. Wright wrote a column on how well DeRozan has adjusted to his […]

A reporter asked San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich on his opinion of the 3-point shot. And he gave a vintage answer that’s one for the ages. As per Eddie Sefko of SportsDay, Popovich let out a sarcastic quip: he hates 3-pointers. Gregg Popovich hates 3-pointers: "It’s not real basketball. Let’s have a 4-point […]

The San Antonio Spurs defeated the Los Angeles Lakers Saturday night at home, giving Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich the 1,200th win of his NBA coaching career. Popovich, 69, now has a regular-season coaching mark of 1,200-543 with the Spurs. Congrats to Coach Gregg Popovich of the @spurs on becoming the 5th coach to surpass […]

Right outside Gregg Popovich’s hotel room is the face of LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers. And the San Antonio Spurs head coach joked that it was a horrifying experience. As reported by Ben Golliver of Sports Illustrated, Popovich joked that James is already a colossal figure up front, and a huge billboard of […]

Gregg Popovich is a living legend. Having coached the San Antonio Spurs to five NBA championships, Popovich is the NBA’s active leader in career regular season wins with 1,997, a number that ranks fifth all-time (his career win total in playoff wins, 167, is the third-most of all-time). However, at 69-years-old and having recently mourned […]

The saying, “Records are made to be broken,” is as old as NBA record books. The 2018-19 NBA season is here, and it should be interesting because multiple franchise and league-wide records are set to be taken over. Old ones and new, good and bad the league is full of records, some take longer than […]

San Antonio Spurs big man LaMarcus Aldridge is quite the specimen with his unglamorous on-court display that translates to eye-popping numbers. Averaging 23.1 points, 8.5 rebounds, two assists, and 1.2 blocks per game last season, the 33-year-old All-star anchored the Spurs on both ends of the floor with his offensive and defensive prowess. In the […]

San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich will take the reins of USA Basketball starting this year. Along with the arrival of the brilliant but blunt coach, Warriors’ Steve Kerr, Pacers’ Nate McMillan, and Villanova’s Jay Wright will also take seats in the new Team USA coaching staff. Marc Stein of The New York Times wrote […]

San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich has made it clear what it takes to be a coach in the NBA, and it has nothing to do with race, religion or gender. When Popovich speaks, people listen. He’s always quick to defend his fellow coaches and he really believes that any coach who can get […]

The NBA is already viewed as a league that is way ahead of its peers in terms of diversity and social inclusion, but San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich believes the league can do much better. Popovich promoted assistant coach Becky Hammon this past summer. He suggests that more women should have positions of […]

San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich says the jury is still out as to who will start at point guard following Dejounte Murray’s injury, though he hints that Derrick White could jump in for the post. The 22-year old Murray tore his ACL during a preseason game against the Houston Rockets, raising questions about […]

The San Antonio Spurs were dealt a tough blow when news broke that their 18th overall pick Lonnie Walker IV would miss six to eight weeks with a torn meniscus. Legendary head coach Gregg Popovich, who is known not to waste words and get straight to the point, had a simple but effective advice for […]

San Antonio Spurs forward Dante Cunningham may be a veteran in this league, but the 6-foot-8 bruiser learned a stern lesson about playing for Gregg Popovich. Truth be told, Cunningham apparently learned it the hard way, per Tom Orsborn of San Antonio Express-News. Dante Cunningham learned an important lesson during one of his first practices […]

It’s no secret that Brad Stevens of the Boston Celtics is a great coach. But NBA GMs believe that he is the best coach in the NBA according to John Schuhmann of NBA.com. Every year, NBA.com releases its GM survey and this year, Brad Stevens received 47 percent of the vote asking who is the […]

The San Antonio Spurs played their first game of the 2018-19 preseason on Sunday, resulting in a 104-100 victory over the Miami Heat. Though it was a tightly contested battle, Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich had several good things to say about his bench players after the game. Popovich seemed to like what he saw […]

San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich admits he will miss Miami Heat legend Dwyane Wade when the veteran guard retires from the NBA after this season. Wade re-signed with the Heat on a one-year deal worth $2.4 million after contemplating retirement. Popovich worked with Wade as an assistant coach with the 2004 U.S. Olympic […]

San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich left his recently-retired player Manu Ginobili with an open invitation to join his coaching staff. That invitation included allowing him to tag along for the annual coaches’ retreat, where Ginobili did a lot of listening and observing, but it wouldn’t take too long before he chipped in with some […]

San Antonio Spurs legendary head coach Gregg Popovich apparently once sent a new team employee to an errand that took hours to complete and later gave him a brand new car. This excerpt was relayed by Rafe Bartholomew, who recently took to Reddit to for a little Q&A with some avid NBA Redditors. Bartholomew, who is the […]

San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich won’t commit the same mistake he made with All-Star forward LaMarcus Aldridge after trying to transform his game, noting his new star, DeMar DeRozan, won’t be victim of the same mold. “DeMar is already an All-Star. He’s played a certain way,” Gregg Popovich admitted during Media Day, according […]

Being one of the most highly-regarded head coaches in the NBA today, it would be a sad day when San Antonio Spurs head honcho Gregg Popovich finally calls it a career. Thankfully, we do not have to worry about this happening in the near future as the 69-year-old himself declared his intent to carry on […]

In an attempt to keep up with the ever growing competition in the Western Conference, San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich is dipping into the archives by utilizing plays from eight years ago, as revealed by The Athletics’ Ethan Strauss when speaking with several Western Conference scouts. “That’s not so much the case with […]

Gregg Popovich and the San Antonio Spurs are set to embark on a new journey because, for the first time in over two decades, they will begin a new season without anyone from the legendary triumvirate of Tim Duncan, Tony Parker, and Manu Ginobili on their team. Parker is now with the Charlotte Hornets, while […]

The San Antonio Spurs, now led by LaMarcus Aldridge, DeMar DeRozan, and Dejounte Murray, are one of the last remaining old-school teams in the NBA. Outside of a few H-E-B commercials, executives run this organization with great fundamentals, precision, and very little fluff. This classy culture has even rubbed off on their fans, which may […]

It has been 14 years since the infamous Team USA disappointment at the 2004 Athens Olympics in which they brought home bronze despite boasting some of the world’s biggest stars. To this day, Stephon Marbury holds head coach Larry Brown responsible for their fate, and Brown’s assistant at the time, Gregg Popovich, wasn’t exempt from […]

The deal that sent San Antonio spurs forward Kawhi Leonard to Toronto for DeMar DeRozan shocked the basketball world. The Spurs were losing confidence in their ability to keep the two-time Defensive Player of the year and 2014 NBA Finals MVP. At some point along the line, there was a disconnect between Leonard and the […]

Lonnie Walker IV, the 18th overall pick by the San Antonio Spurs, is already spending some time with head coach Gregg Popovich. While they definitely spoke about basketball, an interview reveals their conversation mainly revolved around life. As reported by Mike Drago of the Reading Eagle, Walker said Popovich is just like another father in […]

Tony Parker has yet to play his first game in a different uniform, but that hasn’t meant that he’s not already missed by the San Antonio Spurs, and most importantly, his former head coach Gregg Popovich. Pop and Parker spent 17 seasons together before he agreed to a two-year deal with the Charlotte Hornets, as […]

San Antonio Spurs shooting guard Manu Ginobili will discuss the possibility of retirement with head coach Gregg Popovich after playing 16 seasons in the NBA, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Ginobili has been working out at the Spurs’ facilities throughout the offseason, but has yet to make a final decision if he will come back […]

San Antonio Spurs rookie Lonnie Walker IV is known as a solid athlete, to be sure. However, what you might not know about the former McDonald’s All-American is that he’s a fan of the Star Wars series. In fact, he recently posted an image on his Twitter account portraying himself as a young Jedi. Spurs […]

Even with more luxurious offers from other teams in the previous years, San Antonio Spurs legend Manu Ginobili has chosen to stay under the wings of his coach and mentor, Gregg Popovich. Together, they form a special player-to-coach bond, which is evident in a highlight video posted by a Redditor who goes by the username […]

Team USA Basketball head coach Gregg Popovich made a trip to Belgrade, Serbia as part of the Basketball Without Borders program. The longest-tenured coach in the league is plenty familiar with overseas faces and has made his NBA team, the San Antonio Spurs, a symbol of it — employing many talented internationals from players, to […]

No one knows San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich like his former players, as he has been able to maintain a legacy despite the multiple faces that have been part of the franchise alongside Tim Duncan, Manu Ginobili, and Tony Parker. The latter, who bolted for the Charlotte Hornets this offseason, tried his best […]

The San Antonio Spurs have undergone plenty of changes since moving from their golden era, first losing Tim Duncan to retirement, then soon after starting the phasing out of Manu Ginobili and Tony Parker over the past couple of seasons. The most pivotal moments was when the French floor general surrendered his starting gig to […]

Tony Parker has many anecdotes during his 17-year stint with the San Antonio Spurs under Gregg Popovich, but none will replace his very first — a phantasmagoric initial workout for the team, one that could have ended his NBA dream before it started. The French international thanked the Spurs fanbase for their undying support throughout […]

The San Antonio Spurs will have to re-configure their strategy coming into this 2018-19 season, no longer boasting their estranged star Kawhi Leonard, but a mid-range artist in DeMar DeRozan. Head coach Gregg Popovich, who took charge in Team USA’s minicamp this past week in Las Vegas, was reportedly a fan of DeRozan’s game even […]

Steven Adams was all but a rookie getting his first whiff at the big show, as his team made a deep postseason run with the Oklahoma City Thunder, only to get knocked off by a perennial powerhouse in the San Antonio Spurs. While a loss in the Western Conference Finals hurt for most of his […]

Gregg Popovich is a master motivator. For years, Pop has consistently pushed his players to play their best. That’s why the San Antonio Spurs are consistently competitive and why Popovich has led the organization to multiple championships during his tenure. At Team USA minicamp, the Spurs head coach told the team that he would buy […]

DeMar DeRozan will be opening a new chapter in his career with the San Antonio Spurs. Recently, he spoke about his new head coach Gregg Popovich in addition to how DeRozan aims to be the leader of the Spurs squad. DeRozan, 28, who’s entering his 10th year in the league, carries with him a ton […]